This week in Social Studies, we learned about colonial churches. Did you know no one was allowed to show emotion in church? On Tuesday, we also learned about the Great Awakening. It changed a lot of things. For example, before the Great Awakening, churches were all about following the rules. After the Great Awakening, they focused on religion. Wednesday, we took an assessment and vocabulary test on colonial times. I thought, well so did other people, that it was very easy. The next day we learned about taxes without representation, and the French and Indian War. When people hear the French and Indian War, they think that the French and Indians were fighting. They actually were fighting together against Britain. Britain won the battle. On Friday, we learned about the Boston Massacre. One winter might colonists stood in front of eight soldiers. Before anyone knew it, five people were killed and eight were wounded. That’s because the soldiers shot them.
In Language Arts, we started a book called The Whipping Boy. It’s about a prince whose name is Prince Brat (but people don’t call him that to his face). Other people call him by his real name, Prince Horace. He has a whipping boy named Jemmy. There is this part where it’s nighttime and Prince Brat and Jemmy run away. They get caught by cutthroats. They write a letter to the king. Well, Jemmy does because the Prince cannot write. Jemmy and the Prince change identities. We (the class) are on Chapter 10. On Monday we started a special place writing. Mrs. Tomlin gave us a 5 square organizer to organize our stories.
In Math, we learned about mean, did a data review, circle graphs, and probability. The mean is the average of something. Say I go bowling and get the scores of 450, 200, 99, and 150. To find the mean, I add them together and get 899. Then I divide that by how many numbers I have which is four. I divide 899 by 4. When I do that, I get 224.75. When we did the data review, Mrs. Tomlin handed out a sheet with mean, median, range and mode. If you don’t remember, what these are, range is the difference between the largest and smallest numbers. To find median, you put the numbers in order from least to greatest. Then you cross them off, first then last, then second and second last, and so on until you find the middle number. If there are two middle numbers, you add them together and divide them by two. That’s your middle number. Circle graphs are graphs shaped like circle. You divide them into how many parts you have to deal with. Say I have a bag of marbles—17 green and 6 blue. What is the probability that I will draw a purple marble? With probability there is impossible, unlikely, likely, and certain. It is impossible for me to draw a purple marble.
Friday was PJ Day. It was awesome. It was a fundraiser for the Student Council. You bring in a dollar and you get to wear your pjs to school. All the proceeds will go to charity.
This week was pj-rrific!
By Alicia, Cassidy, and Ariel
April 16-20, 2012
This week was a trip into the past!
In Social Studies we learned about Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg is in Virginia and we explored almost all of it. First of all, Williamsburg was the capitol of Virginia from 1699 to 1780! In Williamsburg they had a huge college called the College of William and Mary (which was an all boys school), and they had some small Dame Schools (which were schools for girls). At these schools, the boys would learn how to read, write, and do math. Dame schools taught girls how to read, write, do math, use manners, pray, knit, and sew. Also, we learned how a shoemaker worked. There are three levels of shoemakers. The highest level was Master. A Master owned their own shops. The middle level are the journeymen. Journeyman are skilled workers that don’t own a shop. The lowest is the apprentice. They learn by working with skilled workers. We also learned about taverns. Taverns are part bar, restaurant, hotel, and horse stable. Many people went to taverns to talk about politics or to stop and rest when they were traveling.
This week in Math we learned about range, mode, and median. You need a group of numbers. Now the range is the difference between the highest and the lowest numbers. Here is an example: 13, 24, 5, 2, and 36. The highest number is 36 and the lowest is 2. Now you subtract 2 from 36 and you get 34, so 34 is the range. The median is the middle number in a set of data. You put the numbers in order from least to greatest and find the middle number. So, here it is: 2, 5, 24, 36, and 42. Now you cross off the 2 and the 42. Next you cross off the 5 and the 36. The number that is left is the answer. Now here is the mode. The mode is the number that shows up the most. Some data does not have a mode. Here is an example: 11, 12, 13, 11, 25, 12, 11. Eleven shows up 3 times. Twelve shows up 2 times. So 11 is the mode. We also added mixed numbers with unlike denominators of Fraction Friday.
This week in Language Arts we worked to finish our body system comic. In addition, we started working on talking about informational writing. Informational writing is writing that tells you things like how trees help us breath. So on Monday we wrote about our favorite foods, and boy did they make us hungry! Then on Tuesday we did another informational piece where we picked a game and we had to explain how to play it. Like one person in our class chose Wipeout, so he has to explain how to play it. Finally we learned about prepositions. Prepositions explain where you are. Here is an example: I’m going to the mall so I can pick up some things. The preposition is to.
We had the Books for Bikes contest on Wednesday. Books for Bikes is where you have to read a certain amount of books. Then if you do read that much, you get a coupon and when they draw your name, you get to go up and get a prize. The prizes could be books, stuffed animals, or even the chance to be teacher for the day.
Pennies for Patients is going on right now. We can bring in pennies to put in our classes can and if we bring in silver and dollars, we put them in other classes cans and it takes away from their amount because only pennies count. Who gets the most pennies wins something.
By Kylie, Shawn, Philip and Sophia
April 9-13, 2012
This week put a smile on our faces!
This week in Language Arts, we continued to work on our body system comic. A lot of us are done, but some of us missed work time because we were sick. Also, we relearned synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are two words that mean the same. An example is happy and glad. They both mean someone is happy. An antonym is when you have two words and they mean the opposite. Here’s an example, happy and mad. We also learned about context clues. A context clue is when there’s a word you don’t know, and there’s stuff to help you understand the word. An example is: The gigantic, or huge, dog licked the boy’s face. The word that we don’t know is gigantic. The commas help us know that the word’s definition will be told. This week we also learned prepositions. Prepositions are words that identify space, location, etc.
This week in Social Studies we learned about slavery and took the assessment for it. Slavery started in the 1500s. European traders came to Africa to trade guns for slaves. Some villages went along with it, but others didn’t. For the ones that went along, they traded some of their people or war prisoners. Some even raided other villages and captured people from there to trade. For the slaves that were sold, life was horrible! Their hands and feet were chained together and they had to ride on a boat that was cramped, smelly, dirty, and unbearable. This part was called the Middle Passage.! This journey could take 21 to 90 days or longer depending on the weather. When they finally arrived, they would be sold in slave auctions or in scrambles! Scrambles are when they herded all the slaves into a pen and when the gate doors opened, people rushed in and grabbed the slave they liked and bought them. When they got to the plantation they were lined up and given tools they had never seen before and were given orders in a weird language. If the slaves didn’t understand or refused to do something, they would be whipped, burned, or even killed. Most slaves worked in the fields, but if you were lucky, you would get a job as a cook, maid, or a butler. Usually the slaves ate mush, but if you worked in the Big House, you got to eat the master’s scraps and wear nicer clothes.
This week in Math we learned about bar graphs. Bar Graphs are when you color in a bar to show what someone said, did or likes. A double bar graph gets kind of complicated. If there are five people and one likes soccer, one likes kickball, one likes football, one likes softball, and the last one likes basketball, you would make a graph numbered 1 to 5 and at the bottom you would write soccer, kickball, football, softball, and basketball. You would then put a title which could be Favorite Sports. When you’re done with that, you pick out five of your favorite colors and make a key. A key is like a code that tells you what the colors mean. Because one person likes soccer, you would put one of your colors for it. Then you would do the same for the other sports.
This week we had a Student of the Month Assembly. Erik was our Student of the Month. We also had a special surprise this month. A girl named Emily went up and sang a Disney song named “A Dream is a Wish”. She sang it beautifully!
This week was like a Wildcat High-5!
This week in Social Studies, we learned about colonial churches. Did you know no one was allowed to show emotion in church? On Tuesday, we also learned about the Great Awakening. It changed a lot of things. For example, before the Great Awakening, churches were all about following the rules. After the Great Awakening, they focused on religion. Wednesday, we took an assessment and vocabulary test on colonial times. I thought, well so did other people, that it was very easy. The next day we learned about taxes without representation, and the French and Indian War. When people hear the French and Indian War, they think that the French and Indians were fighting. They actually were fighting together against Britain. Britain won the battle. On Friday, we learned about the Boston Massacre. One winter might colonists stood in front of eight soldiers. Before anyone knew it, five people were killed and eight were wounded. That’s because the soldiers shot them.
In Language Arts, we started a book called The Whipping Boy. It’s about a prince whose name is Prince Brat (but people don’t call him that to his face). Other people call him by his real name, Prince Horace. He has a whipping boy named Jemmy. There is this part where it’s nighttime and Prince Brat and Jemmy run away. They get caught by cutthroats. They write a letter to the king. Well, Jemmy does because the Prince cannot write. Jemmy and the Prince change identities. We (the class) are on Chapter 10. On Monday we started a special place writing. Mrs. Tomlin gave us a 5 square organizer to organize our stories.
In Math, we learned about mean, did a data review, circle graphs, and probability. The mean is the average of something. Say I go bowling and get the scores of 450, 200, 99, and 150. To find the mean, I add them together and get 899. Then I divide that by how many numbers I have which is four. I divide 899 by 4. When I do that, I get 224.75. When we did the data review, Mrs. Tomlin handed out a sheet with mean, median, range and mode. If you don’t remember, what these are, range is the difference between the largest and smallest numbers. To find median, you put the numbers in order from least to greatest. Then you cross them off, first then last, then second and second last, and so on until you find the middle number. If there are two middle numbers, you add them together and divide them by two. That’s your middle number. Circle graphs are graphs shaped like circle. You divide them into how many parts you have to deal with. Say I have a bag of marbles—17 green and 6 blue. What is the probability that I will draw a purple marble? With probability there is impossible, unlikely, likely, and certain. It is impossible for me to draw a purple marble.
Friday was PJ Day. It was awesome. It was a fundraiser for the Student Council. You bring in a dollar and you get to wear your pjs to school. All the proceeds will go to charity.
This week was pj-rrific!
By Alicia, Cassidy, and Ariel
April 16-20, 2012
This week was a trip into the past!
In Social Studies we learned about Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg is in Virginia and we explored almost all of it. First of all, Williamsburg was the capitol of Virginia from 1699 to 1780! In Williamsburg they had a huge college called the College of William and Mary (which was an all boys school), and they had some small Dame Schools (which were schools for girls). At these schools, the boys would learn how to read, write, and do math. Dame schools taught girls how to read, write, do math, use manners, pray, knit, and sew. Also, we learned how a shoemaker worked. There are three levels of shoemakers. The highest level was Master. A Master owned their own shops. The middle level are the journeymen. Journeyman are skilled workers that don’t own a shop. The lowest is the apprentice. They learn by working with skilled workers. We also learned about taverns. Taverns are part bar, restaurant, hotel, and horse stable. Many people went to taverns to talk about politics or to stop and rest when they were traveling.
This week in Math we learned about range, mode, and median. You need a group of numbers. Now the range is the difference between the highest and the lowest numbers. Here is an example: 13, 24, 5, 2, and 36. The highest number is 36 and the lowest is 2. Now you subtract 2 from 36 and you get 34, so 34 is the range. The median is the middle number in a set of data. You put the numbers in order from least to greatest and find the middle number. So, here it is: 2, 5, 24, 36, and 42. Now you cross off the 2 and the 42. Next you cross off the 5 and the 36. The number that is left is the answer. Now here is the mode. The mode is the number that shows up the most. Some data does not have a mode. Here is an example: 11, 12, 13, 11, 25, 12, 11. Eleven shows up 3 times. Twelve shows up 2 times. So 11 is the mode. We also added mixed numbers with unlike denominators of Fraction Friday.
This week in Language Arts we worked to finish our body system comic. In addition, we started working on talking about informational writing. Informational writing is writing that tells you things like how trees help us breath. So on Monday we wrote about our favorite foods, and boy did they make us hungry! Then on Tuesday we did another informational piece where we picked a game and we had to explain how to play it. Like one person in our class chose Wipeout, so he has to explain how to play it. Finally we learned about prepositions. Prepositions explain where you are. Here is an example: I’m going to the mall so I can pick up some things. The preposition is to.
We had the Books for Bikes contest on Wednesday. Books for Bikes is where you have to read a certain amount of books. Then if you do read that much, you get a coupon and when they draw your name, you get to go up and get a prize. The prizes could be books, stuffed animals, or even the chance to be teacher for the day.
Pennies for Patients is going on right now. We can bring in pennies to put in our classes can and if we bring in silver and dollars, we put them in other classes cans and it takes away from their amount because only pennies count. Who gets the most pennies wins something.
By Kylie, Shawn, Philip and Sophia
April 9-13, 2012
This week put a smile on our faces!
This week in Language Arts, we continued to work on our body system comic. A lot of us are done, but some of us missed work time because we were sick. Also, we relearned synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are two words that mean the same. An example is happy and glad. They both mean someone is happy. An antonym is when you have two words and they mean the opposite. Here’s an example, happy and mad. We also learned about context clues. A context clue is when there’s a word you don’t know, and there’s stuff to help you understand the word. An example is: The gigantic, or huge, dog licked the boy’s face. The word that we don’t know is gigantic. The commas help us know that the word’s definition will be told. This week we also learned prepositions. Prepositions are words that identify space, location, etc.
This week in Social Studies we learned about slavery and took the assessment for it. Slavery started in the 1500s. European traders came to Africa to trade guns for slaves. Some villages went along with it, but others didn’t. For the ones that went along, they traded some of their people or war prisoners. Some even raided other villages and captured people from there to trade. For the slaves that were sold, life was horrible! Their hands and feet were chained together and they had to ride on a boat that was cramped, smelly, dirty, and unbearable. This part was called the Middle Passage.! This journey could take 21 to 90 days or longer depending on the weather. When they finally arrived, they would be sold in slave auctions or in scrambles! Scrambles are when they herded all the slaves into a pen and when the gate doors opened, people rushed in and grabbed the slave they liked and bought them. When they got to the plantation they were lined up and given tools they had never seen before and were given orders in a weird language. If the slaves didn’t understand or refused to do something, they would be whipped, burned, or even killed. Most slaves worked in the fields, but if you were lucky, you would get a job as a cook, maid, or a butler. Usually the slaves ate mush, but if you worked in the Big House, you got to eat the master’s scraps and wear nicer clothes.
This week in Math we learned about bar graphs. Bar Graphs are when you color in a bar to show what someone said, did or likes. A double bar graph gets kind of complicated. If there are five people and one likes soccer, one likes kickball, one likes football, one likes softball, and the last one likes basketball, you would make a graph numbered 1 to 5 and at the bottom you would write soccer, kickball, football, softball, and basketball. You would then put a title which could be Favorite Sports. When you’re done with that, you pick out five of your favorite colors and make a key. A key is like a code that tells you what the colors mean. Because one person likes soccer, you would put one of your colors for it. Then you would do the same for the other sports.
This week we had a Student of the Month Assembly. Erik was our Student of the Month. We also had a special surprise this month. A girl named Emily went up and sang a Disney song named “A Dream is a Wish”. She sang it beautifully!
This week was like a dream!
By Alicia, Kylie, and Isabella